Bachelorette star Angie Kent criticized Police Commissioner Karen Webb for her use of language while discussing accused killer Beau. Lamarre-Condon.
The bodies of Jesse Baird and Luke Davies were discovered inside a shallow grave on Tuesday after they were allegedly murdered by a New South Wales police officer.
Calls are growing for Webb to resign following her “train wreck” press conference Tuesday afternoon, during which she said she was “grateful” to Lamarre-Condon for helping police.
Kent, who was friends with Channel 10 star Baird, lashed out at Webb in an Instagram Story and reposted a screenshot of an article reporting the top cop’s “grateful” comments.
‘Would we use the grateful world Karen? I really don’t think there’s any gratitude here,” the former Gogglebox Australia star wrote.
Bachelorette star Angie Kent (left) slammed Police Commissioner Karen Webb (right) for her use of language while discussing accused killer Beau Lamarre-Condon.
‘Reliving the pain again and sending love to your nearest and dearest. Seriously…I can’t imagine the pain,’ he continued.
Kent condemned Webb for previously describing the two men’s deaths as a “crime of passion” and then using a clumsy Taylor Swift reference to defend his comment.
He also accused New South Wales police of “throwing all the toys out of the pram” after they were asked not to march in this year’s Sydney gay and lesbian Mardi Gras parade.
‘[NSW Police Force] I can still attend like the rest of us. Please do not march in uniform this year. It’s too soon. But noooo, they had a whole song and dance about it, taking away from what really matters here,” Kent wrote.
Calls are growing for Webb to resign following her “train wreck” press conference Tuesday afternoon, during which she said she was “grateful” to Lamarre-Condon for helping police.
‘Now should we be grateful? Sorry guys. I really am. You deserved much more. Our hearts are broken,” she continued.
She concluded her post with a tribute to Jesse, writing: “May your body rest in peace with your partner Luke. And your absolutely golden and solid spirit lives on, through every song we can’t help but dance harder to.
‘Every big cheesy smile that lights up a room. And every rainbow is you. We love you. Today we pray a lot for their families. Very sorry. This should never have happened,’ she concluded.
Kent also condemned Webb for previously describing the two men’s deaths as a “crime of passion.”
She concluded her post with a tribute to Jesse, writing: “May your body rest in peace with your partner Luke. And your absolutely golden and solid spirit lives on, through every song we can’t help but dance harder to. (Pictured: Kent and Baird)
It comes as calls grow for Webb to resign over his use of language while discussing accused killer Lamarre-Condon during his press conference Tuesday afternoon.
Lamarre-Condon, New South Wales senior police officer, He was charged with two counts of murder on Friday, but waited until 11 a.m. Tuesday, after speaking with his lawyer, to help police.
The commissioner had told reporters she was “grateful” for Lamarre-Condon’s help after the bodies of Baird and her boyfriend Luke Davies were found at a property in Bungonia, about 180 kilometers south of Sydney, that morning. .
In an interview with the Today Show on Wednesday morning, Commissioner Webb doubled down on her comment, telling host Sarah Abo that it was the families of the alleged victims who were grateful their remains had been found.
It comes as Webb brushed off criticism of his leadership with a Taylor Swift quote, saying “haters like to hate”, and caused a stir by describing the incident as an alleged “crime of passion”.
Abo told Commissioner Webb: ‘You, personally, Commissioner, have been criticized for some of the language you have been using; that press conference yesterday was felt a little… in a way, throughout the workshop.
‘As you said before, the (alleged) ‘crime of passion’ (comment) is something you regret. Yesterday he said that he was very grateful to the accused. It is difficult right? Do you have to be in front of the cameras?
The bodies of Luke Davies (left) and Jesse Baird (right) were found on Tuesday.
Webb responded: ‘I think the comment about being grateful is being grateful that the family now knows, and was able to know yesterday, where their loved ones were.
‘If that information didn’t appear, we would still be searching. So we are grateful that the information was presented in a way that detectives could act on.
“And we could tell the families and take them to their loved ones.”
Asked if she was comfortable in her media role, Ms Webb replied: “Of course I am.”